4069 - maddua

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מַדּ֫וּעַ
Transliteration: maddua
Definition (short): why
Definition (full): why? for what reason?

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from mah and yada
Definition: why? for what reason?
NASB Translation: why (72).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or madduaa {mad-doo'-ah}; from mah and the passive participle of yada'; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why? -- how, wherefore, why.

see HEBREW mah

see HEBREW yada'

References

Strong's 4069: 72 Occurrences
KJV: And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
NASB: Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"
KJV: And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
NASB: He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"
KJV: And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
NASB: So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?"
KJV: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
NASB: When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"
KJV: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
NASB: So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."